They say dying is easy, and comedy is hard. Few movies have proved that to be true as well as “A Million Ways to Die in the West.”
People die all over the place in this movie; the laughs, unfortunately, don’t arrive with the same regularity.
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“Cold in July” is a movie that starts in a grim, violent place and proceeds to get grimmer and more violent as it goes along. I am certainly not opposed to taking a trip to the dark side, especially with a cast as good as this one, but you’ve got to give me a good reason for going ... [More]

If you are looking for someone to blame for the modern glut of superhero movies you should probably blame Bryan Singer.
In the year 2000 the superhero movie was dead, effectively killed three years earlier by the train wreck that was “Batman & Robin.”
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I’m starting to suspect Adam Sandler has turned his movie career into a brilliant plan to subsidize his vacations. Recently with movies like “Just Go with It,” both “Grown Ups” flicks and now “Blended,” they all feature Sandler and his buddies jetting off to... [More]

God’s Pocket is a terrible neighborhood filled with terrible people. This fictional corner of Philadelphia is packed with criminals and degenerates unworthy of the “blue collar” label they are routinely slapped with.
The movie “God’s Pocket” revels in rolling aro... [More]

“History shows again and againHow nature points out the folly of men.”— Blue Oyster Cult
You should never try to read too much into a Godzilla movie. Yet there is something that captures the imagination about a giant, city-destroying radioactive lizard; even when in most of h... [More]

Few things in pop culture are as universally iconic as “The Wizard of Oz.” Even if you belong to the .001% of the population who has never seen the movie, phrases like “Follow the yellow brick road,” “We’re not in Kansas anymore” and “There’s no ... [More]

In a lot of ways it’s kind of funny that we hold 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” as the definitive word on the magical fairyland, especially when you consider the sheer glut of Oz-related material that preceded it.
When L. Frank Baum first published “The Wonderful Wizard of ... [More]

There is something life-affirming about a light and peppy musical. “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is about as light and peppy as it gets as it takes a biblical story and gives it a dazzling, toe-tapping makeover.
The latest national tour of “Joseph” is stoppi... [More]

Spider-Man is so emo. Oh sure, he fires off wisecracks at super-villains while dodging bullets and swinging between skyscrapers, but deep down he’s a delicate flower.
Such is the Spider-Man/Peter Parker played by Andrew Garfield in the sequel to the reboot “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.&rdq... [More]